San Francisco photographer Billy
Douglas |
On the morning
of October 27, 1995, Mayor Frank Jordan was
visited at his Fillmore Street home by disc jockeys Mark Thompson and Brian
Phelps. The DJs were up from Los Angeles to support KRQR, the local station
that carried their morning drive time show. They suggested that the mayor
- who was less than two weeks away from a hotly contested election to retain
his office for a second term - allow the DJs to join him in the shower.
Egged on by his wife Wendy Paskin, the mayor said, "Why not?" The shower
was broadcast live on the radio and captured on film by San Francisco photogrpaher
Billy Douglas. While some were amused, most San Franciscans thought the
mayor looked like an ass after Douglas' photo was published on the front
page of the afternoon paper. Whether or not Jordan, who lost his re-election
bid to Willie Brown, owes his failure to this act of bad judgement so close
to the election is anybody's guess. However, Douglas says that Mayor Brown
still takes him to dinner now and again. |